Just got a mailing from Buy.com <http://Buy.com> (i know some people on here have had negative experiences with Buy.com <http://Buy.com> I have not)
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10396259&adid=17070&dcaid=17070 799.99 1TB NAS not bad... Adam H On 11/5/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:02 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: MythTV > > > > I'm in love with VLC Player. I love the fact tha I can pop a DVD in > > it and it goes straight to the root menu. I don't have to put up with > > 10 minutes of commercials where I hear my girls saying "I want that!" > > :) Plus, it great not to have to wait for those damn FBI warnings to > > go away! > > > > There's something to be said for a player like yours, but they just > > don't seem to be versatile enough for me at this time. I like having > > all my music in aac format. How long was divx out before there was > > commercial support for it in DVD players. Yet, with a computer, you > > get instant support most of the time. The only thing you lose is > > convenience. That's not such a problem for a geek like me. > > Oh - I wasn't suggesting a replacement if you already had an HTPC. It's > just not as capable and lacks all PVR functions. But if you were on the > fence, already have a PVR or just download a lot one of these players is a > nice "starter" unit. > > If you don't demand too much of it may do everything you need. And if, > later, you want to upgrade to a full HTPC the Avel Player makes a great > gift > to your mom so you can send her DVDs full of movies and TV shows. ;^) Or > it'll make for a nice "second room" player. > > My next big purchase will be a NAS server. One of my problems with the > current crop of SFF HTPC is the lack of built-in RAID. I've got a great > little Shuttle system (which is currently a game machine for my son) but > it's only for room for one drive. > > A terabyte NAS server will give you 750 Gig of redundant storage for about > a > $1,000. If you can find 300Gig discs for $100 each then you can get 900Gig > of redundant storage for the same price. > > I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a nice tax return. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180076 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
